Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 4/25/2013 2:09 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > In addition, after much googling, I finally found HP system management, > and the SIM, separately. Installed them... and SIM seems as though it's > missing something. I try to log on, via the SM homepage, and it takes > better than 5 min to get to the

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-25 Thread m . roth
Nathan Duehr wrote: > It won't help you on troubleshooting which RAM module is bad, but > dmidecode may be helpful in figuring out how many slots/sticks you have > and what's populated and not populated. > Heh. It's *fully* populated, the whole m/b, and all four optional risers. > Typically if the

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 4/25/2013 1:49 PM, Nathan Duehr wrote: > I had a G7 that kept setting the RAM lights as if it had a RAM problem, so > the server support vendor visited more than once. The real problem was a > failing CPU. I mention it, because I've seen RAM problems that really > weren't and were misdiagno

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-25 Thread Nathan Duehr
It won't help you on troubleshooting which RAM module is bad, but dmidecode may be helpful in figuring out how many slots/sticks you have and what's populated and not populated. Typically if the lights are not on on that display, the RAM is tossing ECC errors or similar, but not fully failing.

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-25 Thread John Doe
From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > Good idea, though, and I just installed OpenIPMI and ipmitool... and the > only thing that ipmitool sel list shows is a power supply failure > yesterday. I did go into the datacenter and look at it, and it's got this > cute pull-out little display... and it's not showing

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 4/24/2013 10:46 AM, Luigi Rosa wrote: >>> call HP, that new server should be under support contract, no? >> A ProLiant G5 is all but "new":) > > ah, he said 'all new as of a few months ago'. actually, thats a > 2009-ish server, with quad Tigerton/Dunnington quadcore proc

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread m . roth
Luigi Rosa wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us said the following on 24/04/2013 19:51: > >> The *memory* was new - I replaced all, I think, of the original memory. >> The server's from '09. If they had a warranty, it's well past that, and HP >> won't chat or email without $$$. > > ProLiant DL 580 servers hav

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 4/24/2013 10:46 AM, Luigi Rosa wrote: >> call HP, that new server should be under support contract, no? > A ProLiant G5 is all but "new":) ah, he said 'all new as of a few months ago'. actually, thats a 2009-ish server, with quad Tigerton/Dunnington quadcore processors (roughly equivalent t

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread me
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Hey, folks, > > I've got an HP Proliant DL580 G5 throwing ECC errors. This is annoying, > since a) it's all new as of a few months ago, and b) it's *fully* > populated. The two things I need to figure out are a) *which* DIMM it > is, and b) is it mi

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread Luigi Rosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 m.r...@5-cent.us said the following on 24/04/2013 19:51: > The *memory* was new - I replaced all, I think, of the original memory. The > server's from '09. If they had a warranty, it's well past that, and HP > won't chat or email without $$$. ProLia

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread m . roth
Luigi Rosa wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > John R Pierce said the following on 24/04/2013 19:43: > >> call HP, that new server should be under support contract, no? > > A ProLiant G5 is all but "new" :) > > Better buy some compatible RAM because the original HP for old

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread Luigi Rosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John R Pierce said the following on 24/04/2013 19:43: > call HP, that new server should be under support contract, no? A ProLiant G5 is all but "new" :) Better buy some compatible RAM because the original HP for old servers is very expensive. Cia

Re: [CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 4/24/2013 10:34 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Hey, folks, > > I've got an HP Proliant DL580 G5 throwing ECC errors. This is annoying, > since a) it's all new as of a few months ago, and b) it's *fully* > populated. The two things I need to figure out are a) *which* DIMM it > is, and b) is it

[CentOS] DIMM problem

2013-04-24 Thread m . roth
Hey, folks, I've got an HP Proliant DL580 G5 throwing ECC errors. This is annoying, since a) it's all new as of a few months ago, and b) it's *fully* populated. The two things I need to figure out are a) *which* DIMM it is, and b) is it mirrored; if so, which *other* DIMM needs to come out unti